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Enrollment
1,187
Elementary
DISTRICT 789 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24·NCES 360009801406
PS 7 LOUIS F SIMEONE
80-55 CORNISH AVE, ELMHURST, NY 11373 · (718) 446-2726 · Queens County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,187 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 94% of New York public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
79 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
1,001 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 65 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 186 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 186 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 186 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 199 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 178 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 183 | 15% |
| Ungraded | 4 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (186) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (183).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
83.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +15.0pp since 2023
Math
87.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.0% | 87.0% |
| 2023-24 | 68.0% | 80.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
74.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+30.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 44% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 30 points, placing it in New York's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like PS 7 LOUIS F SIMEONE
PS 7 LOUIS F SIMEONE's state test result (74.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS 7 LOUIS F SIMEONE this school | 1,187 | 84.3% | 74.1% |
| PS 21 EDWARD HART FLUSHING | 1,086 | 80.3% | 64.6% |
| PS 102 BAYVIEW ELMHURST | 1,107 | 79.0% | 71.7% |
| PS 205 CLARION BROOKLYN | 1,093 | 79.5% | 69.7% |
| PS 176 OVINGTON BROOKLYN | 1,037 | 85.2% | 69.7% |
| PS 12 JAMES B COLGATE WOODSIDE | 838 | 85.9% | 59.0% |
Matched among New York elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where PS 7 LOUIS F SIMEONE ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Queens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.1% | #278 of 2,335 | #34 of 220 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #190 of 2,342 ▲ 99 | #24 of 219 ▲ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #175 of 2,343 ▲ 114 | #25 of 220 ▲ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,187 | #12 of 2,585 | #6 of 230 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #2,037 of 2,338 | #177 of 218 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.7% | #1,071 of 2,388 | #142 of 225 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.3% | #635 of 2,534 | #82 of 230 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +18.5% | #152 of 606 | #23 of 51 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,187
-80 (-6%) vs 2020
-5% since 2010-11, when it was 1,248
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 14.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,187 | 79 | 15.0:1 | 84% (1,001) |
| 2023-24 | 1,198 | 78.1 | 15.3:1 | 85% (1,024) |
| 2022-23 | 1,200 | 80 | 15.0:1 | 83% (999) |
| 2020-21 | 1,267 | 87 | 14.6:1 | 87% (1,108) |
| 2017-18 | 1,002 | 68 | 14.7:1 | 88% (884) |
| 2015-16 | 1,018 | 65 | 15.7:1 | 86% (878) |
| 2010-11 | 1,248 | 86 | 14.5:1 | 87% (1,080) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PS 7 LOUIS F SIMEONE.
About PS 7 LOUIS F SIMEONE
ELMHURST, New York, is home to PS 7 LOUIS F SIMEONE, a large elementary school. The student body numbers 1,187 students, from pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 168% above the 443 average for elementary schools in New York.
District-wide, NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24 has 57 schools and 48,008 students.
Asian students account for 58% of enrollment at PS 7 LOUIS F SIMEONE. Smaller groups are 35% Hispanic, 3% White, and 2% Native American. For comparison, the population of Queens County is roughly 26% Asian. The chance that two students picked at random at PS 7 LOUIS F SIMEONE belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 54%.
Teachers at PS 7 LOUIS F SIMEONE total 79 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 15.0:1. For comparison, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 84%.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, PS 7 LOUIS F SIMEONE receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
PS 7 LOUIS F SIMEONE outperforms its prediction by 30.1 points. The model expects 44.0% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in New York; the school's rate is 74.1%.
Queens County has about 2,323,052 residents, and median household income is about $86,136, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Federal data list 392 public schools in Queens County, with a combined enrollment of about 268,205.
RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL 2 (THE) is the public school closest to PS 7 LOUIS F SIMEONE, about 0.1 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, PS 7 LOUIS F SIMEONE places 2nd out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
Under the NCES locale system, PS 7 LOUIS F SIMEONE is City: Large.
PS 7 LOUIS F SIMEONE had 1,267 students in 2020-21 and 1,187 in 2024-25, a 6% decrease.
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Queens County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,323,052
Census ACS
Median income
$86,136
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
392
268,205 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24
- IS 61 LEONARDO DA VINCIMiddle · 2,131 students
- NEWTOWN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,072 students
- AVIATION CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,924 students
- GROVER CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,711 students
- IS 73 FRANK SANSIVIERI INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL (THE)Middle · 1,581 students
- PS 19 MARINO JEANTETElementary · 1,506 students
Other schools in ELMHURST
- NEWTOWN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,072 students
- IS 5 WALTER CROWLEY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL (THE)Middle · 1,203 students
- PS 102 BAYVIEWElementary · 1,107 students
- PS 89 JOSE PERALTA SCHOOL OF DREAMERS (THE)Elementary · 1,047 students
- MASPETH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,001 students
- CENTRAL QUEENS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 935 students
Nearby schools
- RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL 2 (THE)0.1 mi · 830
- ELM COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL0.1 mi · 460
- FORTE PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL0.3 mi · 561
- IS 5 WALTER CROWLEY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL (THE)0.3 mi · 1,203
- CENTRAL QUEENS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL II0.4 mi · 129
- CENTRAL QUEENS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL0.4 mi · 935
Frequently asked questions
About PS 7 LOUIS F SIMEONEHow large is PS 7 LOUIS F SIMEONE?
PS 7 LOUIS F SIMEONE enrolls approximately 1,187 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PS 7 LOUIS F SIMEONE serve?
PS 7 LOUIS F SIMEONE serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does PS 7 LOUIS F SIMEONE have?
PS 7 LOUIS F SIMEONE employs 79 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
What is the student diversity at PS 7 LOUIS F SIMEONE?
Student demographics at PS 7 LOUIS F SIMEONE are roughly 3% White, 35% Hispanic, 1% Black, 58% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees PS 7 LOUIS F SIMEONE?
PS 7 LOUIS F SIMEONE is overseen by NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT #24 in Queens County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.